The Transits of Venus
Published on 1. March 2004
Book
Hardback
407 pages
978-1-59102-175-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this unique and fascinating history of science, acclaimed popular science writer William Sheehan - who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Science Writing - and award-winning geographer John Westfall take us back through the centuries to chronicle the intrepid explorations of scientists and adventurers who studied the transits of Venus in the quest for scientific understanding.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59102-175-9 (9781591021759)
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Additional editions
William Sheehan
The Transits of Venus
E-Book
12/2010
Simon + Schuster LLC
€15.81
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Persons
By William Sheehan and John Westfall